With the cut off date looming we have managed to spread most of the urea in store however we have a bit left that was destined for sp crops post emergence .We have a field of sp barley to go in and another of failed/drowned wheat to replace ,some has been ploughed and some cultivated earlier...
5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try .
First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
got an email today from nfu asking me to fill in a survey re our current situation , thought fine will have a go 2nd or 3rd question was how many kg/ha of nitrogen do I apply to crops , .Thats me out as I pay rent for the land I farm at so much an acre count my yields in tons/acre and...
cant make my mind up wether to spray or not , its been cold and dry here ,rape more or less in full flower no petals on leaves, reckon we might do more damage with the sprayer than benefit , agronomist wants to as a precautionary measure , whats everybody doing ps agronomist wants to go twice
Im getting the vibe from from my arable pals that like everything else the price is rising but more concerning is the availability and delivery time , are others in the same boat waiting for seed
as the title ,what are folks views on wether we should have them and are businesses or would businesses be acting in the interests of their staff and customers/clients (duty of care)to insist that you needed one as should their staff to be welcome on their premises or even to enter as a...
hi to the management of tff ,today I have received an un asked for alert from tff re a company called oxbury, I would like to know if this is an authorised contact by yourself, or a scam and I would like to know how to block such like as I dont seem to be able to .
I would also not wish to...
ive not grown w osr for years ,but due to this last years cropping /resowings etc amhaving to put in an extra couple of fields into a break so have sown one of them in osr last monday, having just walked it can find plenty thats chitted and sending a root out helped by the moisture from the...
on sat morning just after dawn fairly sure I heard the first gaggle of the autumn coming over us heading south seems very early and im thinking a sign of a colder winter if theve left their summer home a tad early, nature and all that!!
Sat here in the warm wet humid conditions with little or no sun on the horizon and developing a melancholy mood re our harvest prospects have found a little cheer in opening the bill for the late ear wash application,might turn out to be money well spent and at the time was against putting it on
interesting ear counts on our wheat seed crops all more or less treated the same and all sown on similar soil type but historically the better crops have come from the kerrin and skyscraper fields with the poorer crops from the gravity field
lili 5.26 million/ha1st wheat
kerrin 5.61m/ha 2nd...
Has anyone else noticed that trees and bushes seem to have put on a phenonomal amount of growth this spring, every road I go down just lately even those with a margin seem to have growth into the road, and our hedgerows and trees around the farm seem to be having a day of the triffids year
looking for info about making a field clamp possibly using big bales , weve taken a bit more land @30 acres that has grass on it that is not suitable for our hay/haylage customers. Been thinking about making a temporary clamp as dont really want to make into rounds or squares due to cost ...
Ive been hearing of some all day inspections in our area by a new person on the scene when all past inspections have been done in 2-3 hours including coffee seems every item is to be checked double checked and then your integrity questioned
anyone an idea of a sensible fair to all price for standing first year seeds ryegrass 1st cut only at/around heading date,a good clean well fertilized crop either on a £/t basis or standing crop
I have seen a couple of supermarket red meat ads particularly lamb but beef as well recently, having conducted my own straw poll among a group of shoppers, found not one who would eat meat that after cooking a good vet could make the critter bleat or moo, which seems the way a joint is portrayed.
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